124 Old World German Restaurant Name Ideas with a Modern Twist

While modern restaurants may have some delicious food ideas, the classic “olde worlde” style of German restaurant is still in vogue in America today. Serving up an authentic dining experience, an old world German restaurant is the ideal place to discover Bavarian cuisine.

A classic German restaurant is based around timeless staples like schnitzel, sauerbraten, bratwurst, and roasted ham hock, which are usually complemented by a selection of excellent German beer. Our international experts have taken the time to compile a great list of the best German restaurant name suggestions you can use for your “authentisches deutsches” restaurant. Let’s take a look at them.

Traditional German Restaurant Name Ideas

Traditional German restaurant name ideas.

Traditional German restaurants are serve the classic dishes from authentic German sausages to the unforgettable sauerkraut, made from fermented cabbage. In most cases, you’ll find a generous selection of draft beers on tap as well to compliment your meal. Take a peek at our “Ausgezeichnet” names for a German restaurant below.

Alter Gasthof
Alter Haferkasten
Bergisch Gladbach
Borchardt
Burgermeister
Café im Literaturhaus
Clärchens Ballhaus
Das Leben Ist Schön
Der Pschorr
Die Quadriga
Traditional German
Old World German
Die Schwarzwaldstube
Domizil Schiffmann
Frühsammers Restaurant
GästeHaus Klaus Erfort
Gasthof Kreuz Restaurant
Greta’s Rauchfang
Gugelhof
Historische Weinwirtschaft
Hofbräuhaus
Katerschmaus
Lebensmittel in Mitte
Leysieffer
Lohninger
Nobelhart & Schmutzig
Ratsschänke Zeltingen
reinstoff
Relish
Restaurant Mittermeier
Saf im Zerwirk
Schumann’s
Sonnora Dries
Spatenhaus an der Oper
Spindler & Klatt
Tausend Cantina
unsicht-Bar
Vendôme
Zum Alten Markt

Modern German Restaurant Name Ideas

German diner names with an updated twist.

German cuisine has been liberated from the traditional imagery of kitschy beer halls with dirndl-clad servers. While the comfort foods are still popular, modern restaurants are showing the real diversity of German cuisine from the Vaterland. You don’t need to be German to appreciate these name suggestions.

Alpenstück
Authentically German
German Sausage Co.
Sisters Sauerkraut
The Taste of Berlin
The Kegel Inn
Von Yum
Bavarian Bites
Billy’s Brat House
Old School German Beer Hall
The Brat Castle
The Blues Bierhaus
Alrick Eats
The German Pancake
The Fancy Bier Stube
Café Einstein
Mader’s Bar and Grill
Der Rheinlander
Die Fleiderhous
Eins44
Fischers Fritz
Friedrichshain
Rivers Edge Brat House
Ye Olde Sausage Factory
Temptress Beer Garden
German Cuisine
German Garden
German Sweets
Gourmetrestaurant Lerbach
Gulasch Palace
Chicago Brat Spot
Henne
Herman ze German
Home of Rindsuppe
Jacob Wirth Restaurant
Lokal Berlin
Lüchow’s
Lutter & Wegner
Mecklenburg’s Garden
My German Restaurant
Neukölln
Peter Luger Steak House
Knockout Knockwurst
Quisisana
Ratskeller
Runza
Schneeweiß Alpine
Schnitzelei
Scholz Garten
Spätzle und Knödel
Tafelspitz House
Flavors of Berlin
Taste of Germany
The Student Prince
Weinbar Rutz
Weinerei FraRosa
Wolfgang’s Steakhouse
Württemberg
Zur Glocke
Zur Haxe

List of Popular German Dishes and Menu Ideas

A traditional German dish.

Made up of a variety of cuisines from the different regions of Germany, mostly based around meat dishes, German cuisine has a wide variety of styles. This list of dishes is not all encompassing, but it does include the classic options that can be featured on your restaurant menu.

Apfelkuchen
Biersuppe
Black Forest Cake
Bratwurst
Brezeln
Butterkäse
Currywurst
Griebenschmalz
Hasenpfeffer
Himmel un ääd
Kaiserschmarrn
Kartoffelkloesse
Kartoffelpuffer
Käsekuchen
Käsespätzle
Knockwurst
Königsberger klopse
Labskaus
Lebkuchen
Maultaschen
Mohnstrudel
Pinkel mit grünkohl
Reibekuchen
Rinderroulade
Rollmöpse
Rouladen
Sauerbraten
Sauerkraut
Saumagen
Schnitzel
Schwarzwälder kirschtorte
Schweinshaxe
Spaghettieis
Spargel
Spätzle
Stollen
Weisswurst
Zwiebelkuchen and federweisser

New German Food Trends

Over the past few decades, many traditional German restaurants have closed. This leaves a gaping hole for lovers of this varied cuisine or transplants to the United States. The traditional menus that made places like Karl Ratzsch’s famous have lost their cool, in favor of modern or fusion trends in German cuisine.

In a world that consumes tons of ramen and Korean tacos, the German restaurant business has come out of the gloomy depths of the bierkeller and into the light of day with fresh a new look. In short, the concept has had to reinvent itself to stay relevant to the younger generation.

German cuisine has always been heavily meat-based, with a reliance on fresh farm products and seasonal vegetables. Hence the liking for fermented cabbage sauerkraut throughout the year. In recent years, German food has become increasingly creative and multi-cultural with more restaurants are introducing haute cuisine on a German-inspired menu.

Modern menus still keep the traditional flavors intact, but are now presenting them in a cleaner and fresher way to attract the younger diners that are the future of the cuisine. As you might expect, you can integrate the staple food of the brat into a broad range of dishes. Sauerkraut recipes can also be easily adapted to be spicy, savory, or sweet depending on preference. As a restauranteur, it’s important to identify your unique twist on these timeless flavors to create something new and exciting for guests.

Industry Statistics about German Food

A funny German restaurant name: Wurst.

Fall is Oktoberfest season, and the traditional German restaurants and bierkellers are usually bustling with patrons. While the original Munich Beer Festival was only held in late September and early October, these events frequently run right through November.

There are an estimated 83.02 million residents living in Germany as of 2019. Germany has a larger population than France or Turkey.
Each year thousands of Germans move to the United States. According to government reports, 9,782 Germans immigrated to the United States in 2019.
A reported 89.36 million Americans ate fresh bratwurst at least one time in 2019. Innovative flavors of bratwurst include beer brats, fiesta, bacon and cheddar.

The number of traditional German restaurants may have dropped, but there are still a good number of restaurants where you can enjoy traditional and modern German cuisine, complete with authentic German beers and serving wenches in traditional costumes. From Philadelphia’s Brauhaus Schmitz and the Bodensee Restaurant in Helen, Georgia to Michigan’s Metzger’s and The Heidelberg, New York’s famed German restaurant. These establishments are keeping the tradition alive.

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